This form is to be used by people applying to be registered as building practitioners with the Building Services Board. Set 1 is the registration pathway for applicants who have a Diploma in Building...

Urea formaldehyde foam insulation (UFFI) is a mixture of urea formaldehyde resin, foaming agent and propellant, which was used to insulate hard to access areas in buildings. How common is UFFI? UFFI...

From 8 April 2016 new roof-mounted evaporative coolers being installed on residential buildings that are located in a designated bush fire prone area must be fitted with non-combustible covers. The Building Commission has produced a new fact sheet Roof-mounted evaporative coolers to explain the risks and requirements. For further information please contact the Building Commission on 1300 489 099...

Pedrini Franchising Pty Ltd (reg. BC7215) and its directors Mark Pedrini, who is also the company’s nominated supervisor (PC7215 and PP7356), and Natalie Pedrini have been ordered by the State Administrative Tribunal to pay fines totalling $6,000 and costs of $975 as a result of disciplinary action by the Building Services Board.

Jandakot tiler Jose Antonio Arguijo , as the sole director and secretary of Plaza Tiling Pty Ltd , has been prosecuted by the Building Commissioner for offences the company committed when carrying out renovations in Rockingham and Como between June 2011 and March 2013. In the Perth Magistrates Court on 2 March 2016, Mr Arguijo was ordered to pay fines of $66,700, compensation totalling $109,865...

In the same way that builders are required to a have a building contractor registration to contract directly with others, painters must also meet this obligation. Individuals, partnerships and companies that contract with others to provide painting services valued over $1,000 must be registered as a painting contractor and will have demonstrated a financial and organisational capacity...

Bindoon man Maxwell Raymond Healy, the sole director of Solar H C Pty Ltd trading as Affordable Home Comfort (in liquidation), has been successfully prosecuted by the Building Commissioner for contractual offences the company committed in contracting for and carrying out home building work at properties in Baldivis, St James, Sawyers Valley and Hamersley.

A Building Industry Summit today aims to identify new red tape reductions and ways to streamline regulatory requirements for the construction of new homes, residential renovations and commercial construction.